CII & EDF Launch Resilient Dairy Alliance for Climate Action
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have launched the Resilient Dairy Alliance, a first-of-its-kind partnership aimed at strengthening climate resilience in India’s dairy sector and promoting sustainable production practices across the value chain. The alliance brings together key stakeholders from industry, civil society, and science to address emerging climate…
Private Sector Can Drive Climate Action in Livestock Value Chains
A new research review published in npj Sustainable Agriculture explores how private-sector engagement can support greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation in ruminant livestock value chains across Africa, offering lessons that hold relevance for dairy sectors globally. The study highlights that while smallholder producers are central to dairy and beef economies, they often lack bargaining power and…
Dairytales: Arla’s smokescreen for its lack of climate action
The world has been experiencing record-breaking and deadly heat over the past decade, with 2024 becoming the hottest year yet. In 2021, scientists declared that, in order to halt this rise in global temperatures, swift action to reduce methane emissions was needed.[i] This is because methane is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) while…